Disentangling the numbers behind agriculture-driven tropical deforestation

F Pendrill, TA Gardner, P Meyfroidt, UM Persson… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Tropical deforestation continues at alarming rates with profound impacts on ecosystems,
climate, and livelihoods, prompting renewed commitments to halt its continuation. Although it …

The drivers and impacts of Amazon forest degradation

DM Lapola, P Pinho, J Barlow, LEOC Aragão… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Approximately 2.5× 106 square kilometers of the Amazon forest are currently degraded by
fire, edge effects, timber extraction, and/or extreme drought, representing 38% of all …

Massive soybean expansion in South America since 2000 and implications for conservation

XP Song, MC Hansen, P Potapov, B Adusei… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
A prominent goal of policies mitigating climate change and biodiversity loss is to achieve
zero deforestation in the global supply chain of key commodities, such as palm oil and …

Land-use emissions embodied in international trade

C Hong, H Zhao, Y Qin, JA Burney, J Pongratz… - Science, 2022 - science.org
International trade separates consumption of goods from related environmental impacts,
including greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and land-use change (together …

The rotten apples of Brazil's agribusiness

R Rajão, B Soares-Filho, F Nunes, J Börner… - Science, 2020 - science.org
In the increasingly polarized international political arena, it has become difficult to find
common ground to solve Brazil's ongoing environmental crisis, which has global as well as …

Mapping the deforestation footprint of nations reveals growing threat to tropical forests

NT Hoang, K Kanemoto - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2021 - nature.com
Deforestation, a significant threat to biodiversity, is accelerated by global demand for
commodities. Although prior literature has linked deforestation to global supply chains, here …

[PDF][PDF] Agriculture, forestry and other land uses (AFOLU)

GJ Nabuurs, R Mrabet, AA Hatab… - Climate Change 2022 …, 2023 - library.wur.nl
Executive Summary The Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use1 (AFOLU) sector
encompasses managed ecosystems and offers significant mitigation opportunities while …

The impacts of ocean acidification on marine ecosystems and reliant human communities

SC Doney, DS Busch, SR Cooley… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Racism. Sexism. Heterosexism. Gender binarism. Together, they comprise intimately
harmful, distinct, and entangled societal systems of self-serving domination and privilege …

The exceptional value of intact forest ecosystems

JEM Watson, T Evans, O Venter, B Williams… - Nature ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
As the terrestrial human footprint continues to expand, the amount of native forest that is free
from significant damaging human activities is in precipitous decline. There is emerging …

Deforestation-free commodity supply chains: myth or reality?

EF Lambin, PR Furumo - Annual Review of Environment and …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Since the early 2000s, many private companies, public-private coalitions, and governments
have committed to remove deforestation from commodity supply chains. Despite these zero …